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I The Public Works Superintendent and the Public Works Secretary identified those residents I affected by the proposed 1998 Street Improvement Project through section maps and the Ramsey County Taxation and Records books. .. Previously, the City Engineer provided this service at a cost to the City of $1 0,000, Names are taken from the tax book and cross checked by the secretary against the utility billing account file, On November 19, 1997, the Public Works Superintendent introduced the new City Engineer and I his inspector to Public Works Employees, The Superintendent felt it was important to meet each other and talk a little about how today's construction jobs relate to tomorrow's maintenance for I Public Works. Areas and issues that may seem insignificant to some can become an every day nuisance to Public Works ifnot thought out and constructed properly. . 1996 Street Improvement Proiect The last of the punch list items was corrected on November 17, 1997, and November 18, 1997. I This completes this job to the satisfaction of the Public Works Superintendent. Although, it seemed to take a significant amount of time, the superintendent feels T.A. Shifsky did do a good job. I 1997 Street ImDrovement Proiect A dispute between Valley Paving, the contractor and the former City Engineer over exported I excess material quantities appears to have been agreed on. The only remaining item on their punch list is areas of sod work on James A venue are to rough for the Public Works Superintendent to accept. The contractor was made aware of this issue in October, but as of yet .. corrections have not been made. The Superintendent may recommend payment of the bulk of the project, but hold back about $5,000, until sod work is corrected. Water Tower Maintenance I The South Water Tower Maintenance is complete; however, the contractor has not submitted a pay request to the City as of yet. . Public Safetv Commission The Public Safety Commission will be meeting Thursday, November 20,1997. On their agenda I is the Lake Josephine Ordinances, Public Safety Survey, Petition from North Heights and Orthodox Churches for street lights, and a request from Ryder Bus Company to be exempt from I no turn rules onto Valentine Avenue from County Road F and Old Highway 10. Gateway Utility Work I Lametti & Sons has stripped the top soil off the area where the new 14th Street will lay and a sub-cut of about 15 feet is being done for the sewer work Pipe laying is expected to begin on November 21, 1997, or November 24, 1997, about half the soils excavated from the sewer sub- I cut are unsuitable for placing under a roadway from the superintendents point of view, and the City Engineer and inspector are closely monitoring this issue, Also, a significant amount of concrete slabs, presumably from the old Kern Milling site have been exposed. These chunks of . concrete are currently too large to load into dump trucks and are being pushed off to the side now, The Public Works Superintendent expects to hear from Lametti & Sons asking for extra -. money to remove the concrete from the site, I